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ane Wenham was the last person prosecuted for witchcraft in England. She quarreled with her neighbors and then unwisely brought suit against the one who had called her "a witch and a bitch." Things went from bad to worse and she found herself charged, tried, and convicted of witchcraft. The judge obtained a reprieve, and then a pardon from the Queen. The case was a nexus of dispute â about the reality of witchcraft â and there was an outpouring of pamphlets, some of which described... ( 1 reviews ) Topics: witchcraft, trials

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Jeanne de Saint-Remy, Comtesse de la Motte, was a highly placed confidence woman whose greatest scam, the "Affair of the Diamond Necklace," sped the fall of the French monarchy. In spite of her self-serving and vengeful memoirs, published in England, most historians believe that she was guilty of the crimes of which she was convicted. The comtesse escaped to London and published her Memoirs, blaming Marie Antoinette for the whole affair; she died only five years later. ( 1 reviews ) Topics: Jeanne de Saint-Remy, Comtesse de la Motte, Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Marie Antoinette